Show Notes
This week I'm joined by Suzi Barton - the FTD Warrior. Suzi was diagnosed with FTD at just 50 and has been living with it for 11 years. She's a former social worker, a mum, a nana to 11, a rock chick and a miniature maker, and she's proof that a dementia diagnosis doesn't mean life has to stop.
Suzi talks with honesty and humour about: the early signs; like hearing loss, impulse buying and sudden food cravings being misdiagnosed, then having her diagnosis taken away and given back again why she believes you can still learn new things, and how she taught herself to make miniatures having to become your own advocate and then your own expert her advice for anyone newly diagnosed and for the families caring for them
Next week, we'll hear from Suzi's husband, Colin - about loving and caring for someone with FTD.
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